NCDOT awards contracts to repair two local bridges

Published: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 10:18 a.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 10:18 a.m.

The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded contracts to repair one bridge and replace another in Henderson County.

The bridge over Featherstone Creek on Locust Grove Road will be replaced with a culvert, while the bridge over Saconon Creek on Stepp Mill Road will be repaired.

The bridge over Featherstone Creek was built in 1963 and is considered both functionally obsolete and structurally deficient, NCDOT officials said in a news release.

Consequently, the bridge replacement project will include grading, drainage, paving and replacing the bridge with a culvert.

The $383,954 contract was awarded to NHM Contractors LLC of Asheville. Work is scheduled to begin in June and could be finished by mid-October.

The bridge over Saconon Creek project will include grading, drainage, paving, installing a retaining wall and retrofitting the existing structure, which was built in 1958.

The roughly $1.2 million contract was awarded to DeVere Construction Company Inc. Work on the project is scheduled to begin as early as March 31, with all work except vegetation establishment completed by June 2015.

These projects are two of the 17 road and bridge contracts worth $32.2 million awarded by NCDOT for projects across the state. They were awarded to the lowest bidders, as required by state law. The winning bids came in at almost $3 million, which was about 8.5 percent, under NCDOT engineers’ estimates.

<p>The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded contracts to repair one bridge and replace another in Henderson County. </p><p>The bridge over Featherstone Creek on Locust Grove Road will be replaced with a culvert, while the bridge over Saconon Creek on Stepp Mill Road will be repaired.</p><p>The bridge over Featherstone Creek was built in 1963 and is considered both functionally obsolete and structurally deficient, NCDOT officials said in a news release. </p><p>Consequently, the bridge replacement project will include grading, drainage, paving and replacing the bridge with a culvert. </p><p>The $383,954 contract was awarded to NHM Contractors LLC of Asheville. Work is scheduled to begin in June and could be finished by mid-October. </p><p>The bridge over Saconon Creek project will include grading, drainage, paving, installing a retaining wall and retrofitting the existing structure, which was built in 1958.</p><p>The roughly $1.2 million contract was awarded to DeVere Construction Company Inc. Work on the project is scheduled to begin as early as March 31, with all work except vegetation establishment completed by June 2015.</p><p>These projects are two of the 17 road and bridge contracts worth $32.2 million awarded by NCDOT for projects across the state. They were awarded to the lowest bidders, as required by state law. The winning bids came in at almost $3 million, which was about 8.5 percent, under NCDOT engineers' estimates.</p>